Word: inces
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enough. Said he: "I assert categorically'that my relations with Mr. Whiteside, going back over many years, had nothing whatsoever to do with my vote in the Miami Channel 10 case. I at no time, directly or indirectly, pledged my vote to Thurman Whiteside, to Public Service Television, Inc. [the National Airlines subsidiary], or to any of the other three applicants in that proceeding." Even without his vote, he noted, there was an FCC majority for National: "Public Service would have won even had I not voted...
Just a Tool. Mack was even more ignorant about the affairs of Andar Inc., which he was supposed to own. He did not know its officers' names, and did not have "the faintest idea" how much the company was worth. He said Whiteside had just "informed me" about Andar, and "didn't ge into the details." What did all this add up to? Had it never even occurred to Richie Mack that it was highly improper for a Federal Communications Commissioner to accept thousands of dollars from a lawyer interested in a case before the FCC? Replied Witness...
...distributors went a letter canceling Fair Trade contracts on the company's prices. Said G.E.: "We have abandoned our policy because we have found it inoperable." Within three days, half a dozen other diehard Fair Traders, including Sunbeam Corp., McGraw-Edison Co. (Toastmaster), Ronson Corp., and Schick Inc., followed G.E.'s lead, dealing the hardest blow yet to the list price as a factor in U.S. retailing...
Congratulations. Last fall G.E. took the knockout punch. It had brought suit against Manhattan's Masters Inc., whose 44-year-old boss, Stephen Masters, has built a $45 million-a-year discount business, selling everything at 20% to 45% off list. After G.E. won the suit against Masters in New York. Masters opened a mail-order discount business in Washington, D.C., which has no Fair Trade law. Masters offered merchandise for sale anywhere, including Fair Trade states. G.E. sued again, but when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a lower-court decision in favor of Masters...
Beetle-browed Leo Burnett, 66, chairman of Chicago's Leo Burnett Co. Inc., is a fast-moving adman who looks and acts much younger than his age. In 22 years he has expanded his agency billings from $1,000,000 to $80 million, captured the No. ID spot in domestic billing among U.S. agencies...